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H. C. HENDERSON. OOUOH.

Arruoulon FILED 3,111.23, 1140s` 904,327.- l Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

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HENRY C. HENDERSON, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1'7, 1908.

Application filed January 23, 1.908. Serial No. 412,321.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. HENDER- soN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Couches, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein lto the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in couches, and the objects of the invention are, first, to provide a novel adjustable footrest or foot couch; second, to provide positive and reliable means for adjusting the foot-rest; third, to provide a novel tension device for controlling the operation of the above mentioned means; and fourth, to provide a simple and inexpensive structure that can be easily adjusted from either side of the couch.

I attain the above objects by a novel construction that will be presently described and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional' view of the couch, illustrating the foot-rest in a raised position, Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the foot-rest in a lowered position, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the couch broken away and partly in section.

In the accom anying drawings 1 designates the side frames of the couch, these frames being connected by means of a plurality of transverse braces 2 and 3, a foot piece 4, a covering 5, and a head piece 6.

The mattress 5 adjacent to the foot piece 4 is cut away to provide an opening 6 for the foot-rest of my couch. The foot-rest comprises a box-like structure 7 having a suitable cover or mattress 8 corresponding to the mattress of the couch. In the bottom of the box-like structure 7 is journaled two transverse rollers 9, the object of which will presently appear.

To support the foot-rest in the couch, I employ an apron-10 having a bifurcated end 11, thls end of the apron being secured to the transverse brace 2 contiguous to the foot ieee 4. The opposite end of the apron 10 is attached to a shaft 12, journaled in plates 13, secured to the inner side of the frames 1. The ends of this shaft terminate in rectangular shanks 14, protruding into openings 15, formed in the side frames 1. Upon either of the rectangular Shanks 14 can be placed a crank 16 for rotating the shaft 12, and winding the apron thereon.

The shaft 12 adjacent to one of the frames 1 is provided with a hub or wheel 17, and adapted to frictionally engage this hub or wheel 17 is a tension device, comprising a block 18 mounted in a guide 23 and held at one end by a coil spring 19, and adjustably held at the opposite end by a screw 20 and a winged nut 21. The screw is detachably mounted in the hanger 22 suspended from one of the cross braces 3 of the couch. Supporting the apron 10 is a transverse roller 24, this roller being arranged in close proximity to the opening 6.

To guide the foot-rest, which is normally supported upon the bifurcated ends 11 of the apron, I out away the side frames 1 to accommodate the box-like structure 7 of the foot-rest.

In operation, itis only necessary to place the crank 1G upon either end of the shaft 12, rotate said shaft to wind the apron 10 thereon, and raise the foot-rest to any desired height above the supporting surface of the couch. The tension device frictionally euga ging the hub or wheel 17 will hold the footrest and prevent the weight of a persons limbs from affecting the position of the apron supporting the foot-rest.

The transverse rollers 9 of the foot rest 7 serve to prevent wear on the apron, as when the foot rest is elevated in the position shown in Fig. 1, the apron is free from contact with the edges of the box, the rollers 9 alone engaging the apron.

I do not care to confine myself to the type of couch in connection with which the footrest is used, and such changes in the adjusting mechanism as are permissible by the appended claims can be resorted to without de` parting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

1. A couch embodying side frames, transverse braces, a cover, a foot-rest movably mounted in said couch, transverse rollers carried by said foot-rest, a bifurcated apron for supporting said foot-rest, said apron having one end attached to a transverse brace, a shaft for supporting the opposite end of said apron, a wheel carried by said shaft, a spring held tension device engaginggsaid Wheel, and means for Winding: said shaft?l from either" side ofsaid couch.

2. In a couch, a couch body having side frames and transverse'braces conneoting'they side frames, a foot rest movable vertically` between the side frames and constituting a. part of the couch body When in the closed position7 a shaft journaied n the side-'frames of the couch body7 an apronsconnectedf at oneend to said shaft and having its other end di-A fvided to form two branches passing beneath the foot rest and connected to one of.v said.

the shaft and thereby elevating the foot rest,

and means forV holdingA the foot rest in an elevated position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 2o in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY C. HENDERSON.

Vitnesses:

MAX H. SnoLovITZ, K. H. BUTLER. 

